Pegasus News week in view: Back from the Future edition

Metro: We survived the biggest ice storm in years, and have the pictures to prove it ... Is Dallas County shooting itself in the foot with its new overdue fee policy? ... Barking Dogs covered a murder at a Greenville Avenue bar ... Dallas Progress applauds the closing of another bad hotel ... Our community was starkly divided on the notion of granting a man a divorce from his husband ... Farmers Branch's litigation on illegal immigration is proving costly ... There's lots going on in Richardson, according to new partner Richardson Coalition, but Richardson City News points out that the city is facing legal action over closed-door meetings ... Capitol Annex says that eating and driving may soon be verboten ... Dallas South looked into the alcohol permitting controversy on South Lamar ... You know that any story that involves a mannequin, underwear and a condom store is going to get attention.

Artsy: Gay List Daily reviewed the Burton Morris pop art exhibit ... The Dallas episodes of Antiques Roadshow are on ... "Wild Art" features the Stock Show, Downtown Dallas and Los Lonely Boys ... UT Dallas dancers are getting some instruction from Lily Cai.

Flix: John interviewed Oscar nominee Laurent Cantet ... Shawn has been reviewing all the latest Bollywood films ... Check in Friday for reviews of The Uninvited and New in Town.

Game: College Football Top Ten had a review and author interview on Mac Engel's inevitable book on Texas Stadium. (By the way, we've been tracking the construction of the new digs weekly.) ... For The Mavs, it's been blowouts in both directions ... The Stars took out the Thrashers ... The Cupcheck is fighting the Good Fight ... The Rangers are making a splash (or a flop?) with uniform changes and multicolored helmets ... ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury is moving to 105.3 FM, along with Newy Scruggs ... FC Dallas has an open house on Saturday ... Will horse racing come to Lancaster?

Best bites:... brought us new dumplings, Indian buffets and pizza ... There's also an Eddie V's Prime Seafood in Fort Worth ... But there are closures too, including Terilli's Frisco location, ... Chef John Tesar left the Mansion, and Teresa was all over it, whether you like it or not ... The downtown FW Chili's will become a Jake's Hamburgers ... Piola was heavily damaged by fire.

Music: Buh-bye to a couple stalwarts of the music community: Flickerstick and Black Tie Dynasty ... I had a blast at the Django Reinhardt Festival ... Stay tuned. We may be bringing back an old friend before long.

Schools: The flap over the 100-point basketball shutout ended with the firing of Covenant School's coach ... UT Arlington is making Barnett Shale bucks ... Patterson Elementary in Kennedale got a new "dream classroom.".

Risky Bidness: Albertsons is closing some area stores ... Texas Instruments jumped on the layoff bandwagon as has Brinker ... The Voice tells us about a swank new real estate project on Cedar Springs.

Pegasus Picks for the weekend

Daniel Folmer celebrates his CD release at Good Records.
There's a big night of East Coast Swing featuring The Texas Gypsies at Swingtime in Fort Worth.
Catch Steve Lippia's Sinatra tribute at the Eisemann Center.
I recently downloaded some JJ Grey and Mofro and am sure that their show will be a lot o' fun. (Jonathan Tyler & Northern Lights opens)
Shelly Carrol is a jazz treasure, and Scat's a great place to see him.
Old-school burlesque at Lola's in Fort Worth.

Grant Morgan of Dragonfly puts on a cooking demonstration at the Dallas Farmers Market.
The "banned" Rowlett production of Rent comes to SMU.
Great Americana lineup at The Fairmount in Fort Worth: 100 Damned Guns / A.M. Ramblers / Boxcar Bandits
Ice, Ice, Baby.
The New Bohemians return with a gig at AllGood.
Legos + robots = awesome.

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